Marshall at Rice

Marshall is 20-2 on the season discounting a five game losing streak when this team suddenly hit the wall. Overall, it has been a great year for the Herd. This team lost focus during that five game slide and did not defend the way they have the rest of the season. The Herd is back to winning and have logged five straight for the win column.  The defense is the reason, holding each of the last two opponents to under 60. Rice is down this season with a lot of difficulty scoring, topping the 70 point mark just one time in conference play, not including overtime. Marshall has taken the defense on the road, but the offense has been less effective leading to a 10-3 UNDER mark in their last 13 on the road. Rice against the better teams have now played 36-14-1 in their last 51 games vs an opponent with a winning percentage of over .600. I'll play this one UNDER the total.